Dear fellow collectors,
Very likely the enthusiast collectors of German Imperial collectibles have noticed what a beautiful "Grossenordenschnalle" Detlev had on his last Friday's update. It came also with a Souvenir Album. The medal bar belonged to a Naval medical officer (Dr. Th. Hansen) who was between 1899-1902 on the "S.M.S. Seeadler". Now I got some questions: Is it not the same ship on which Graf Felix von Luckner became famous as "Seeteufel" being able to get through the Royal Navy's blockade in WWI? That would be quite something, wouldn't it?
Furthermore, I noticed that the needle on the reverse of the medal bar is placed differently as usual. I don't know how to explain it better, but it seems that the needle's end appears on left side where the Iron Cross 2nd class is placed instead of the contrary. To better show you I enclose a picture of this very nice medal bar, with a red arrow showing the "critical point".
Your comments or further historical facts on the ship and the medical officer Hansen are most welcome!
Ciao,
Claudio
Very likely the enthusiast collectors of German Imperial collectibles have noticed what a beautiful "Grossenordenschnalle" Detlev had on his last Friday's update. It came also with a Souvenir Album. The medal bar belonged to a Naval medical officer (Dr. Th. Hansen) who was between 1899-1902 on the "S.M.S. Seeadler". Now I got some questions: Is it not the same ship on which Graf Felix von Luckner became famous as "Seeteufel" being able to get through the Royal Navy's blockade in WWI? That would be quite something, wouldn't it?
Furthermore, I noticed that the needle on the reverse of the medal bar is placed differently as usual. I don't know how to explain it better, but it seems that the needle's end appears on left side where the Iron Cross 2nd class is placed instead of the contrary. To better show you I enclose a picture of this very nice medal bar, with a red arrow showing the "critical point".
Your comments or further historical facts on the ship and the medical officer Hansen are most welcome!
Ciao,
Claudio
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